Insights into persistence mechanisms of a zoonotic virus in bat colonies using a multispecies metapopulation model.

Rabies is a worldwide zoonosis resulting from Lyssavirus infection. In Europe, Eptesicus serotinus is the most frequently reported bat species infected with Lyssavirus, and thus considered to be the reservoir of European bat Lyssavirus type 1 (EBLV-1). To date, the role of other bat species in EBLV-...

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Main Authors: Margarita Pons-Salort, Jordi Serra-Cobo, Flora Jay, Marc López-Roig, Rachel Lavenir, Didier Guillemot, Véronique Letort, Hervé Bourhy, Lulla Opatowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3995755?pdf=render